Pompeii
专有名词
英 /pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/
美 /pɑːmˈpeɪ(i)/
英文释义
专有名词
- A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.
- A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
词源
Borrowed from Latin Pompeiī, of Oscan origin, from Oscan *pompe (“five”) + the Latin name-forming suffix -eiī, a reference to its five districts.
Related to cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).
Related to cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).
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